Surgery Waits

Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital

The median wait for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Mount Nasura area of Western Australia was 49 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
49 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
157 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 44 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 14 days in 2011–12 to 49 days in 2024–25 — up 250% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Perth Children's Hospital, about 26 km away, at 22 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.0%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital49 days0.0%157 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)79 days3.2%1576 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)73 days5.0%16694 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 73 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy by financial year at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays02550751002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital 49WA 79Australia 73
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodArmadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2011–12142957
2012–13253460
2013–14153456
2014–15263551
2015–16283552
2016–17223952
2017–18334956
2018–19375059
2019–20305667
2020–21346576
2021–22356877
2022–23497882
2023–24426170
2024–25497973

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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